The evening world., 1887-11-28
" SALONS" OF BRIGHT NEW YORK WOMEN,
Everybody who IL Anybody Wants One, But
IL Requires Tact TO Manage Il.

IRON TIE Nsn Do'Esr,1
II Ia getting to be the ambition OF every New
York woman, as 1t has long since been that Of
every Partisan dame to have a salon. To eaten a
desirable assortment OF lions, to pare their claws,
10 induce them 10 roar gently as any sucking dove,
to knot colored ribbons In their tawny names and
TO lead them about like the sawdust procession al,
Barnum's on a more delicate and rOse-scentcd
scale-'his Is the new Ideal, and social menageries
multiply.
The salon proper, that is the political salon, does
not exist In New York-partly from the nature OF
New YORK politics, and partly because the woman
VINO could hold one has not yet appeared. IN spite
OF the new interest OF women in practical matters,
even IN politics, the woman al whose house states
mcn-suppo,ina statesmen abundant IN New York
could RENDEZVOUS, discuss all sides OF a question
fairly and without heat. and feel rs in the old
French days that there was an open Parliament
win a harmingly Mtelllgcnt Speaker whose smiles
were sufficient auerdon for their oratory; o woman
at whose homo polIticiqns could be encouraged 10
defend their oonviclions-or abandon them, has
not yet been evolved.
The New York salons are literary, musical, ar
tistlc or az three mixed. Politics. is almost an nm
known subject In them. None of them as yet Is
very extensive, though several are growing. A
New York salon commonly takes the form of o
sunday evening, " AMI a woman, to have an at
tractive gathering every week, must be an agree
able hostess, have plenty Of tact, be above
brains.
The gatherings that come nearest to deserving
the ambitions term Of salon are not the result OF
liOn-hunting. They have grown Of their own &C
cord almost without knowledge OF the woman VINO
is their centre. They are imbromptu, so to speak,
and the pleasantest meeting places In the city.
Miss Mary L. Booth, editor Of Hdrper's Bazaar,
pas a salon of this kind, where one sees the people
best worth knowing IN the city.
Kate Sanborn, who has a pretty suit Of rooms at
the Windsor, Is 80 witty and vivacious that witty
and ~vivacious people gather to her by instinct.
Nine. Democrats receptions are rather more Of
dress occasions hut are frequented by people who
can write and people who can speak and people
who can appreciate other folka who do these
things.
Mrs. Martha j. Lamb. of the Magazine or Amer
lean History, Is a delightful hostess AZ people who
are fortunate enough TO he her guests Know.
Mrs. Croly, Jenny June, I" and her daughter
Villa have pleasant ''at homes, I" wnere pleasant
people 70.
Mrs. Laura C. Holloway lives in Brooklyn and
her sunday eveningstouCh a wider circle of human
interest than such gatherings often do.
Miss Lille evereuX Blake, the woman suffrage
writer and speaker, IL nj home to people with
ideas, not all of them, by any means, OF the more
radical sort.
Mrs. Frank Leslie's evening are cosmopolitan,
and include about AZ many varieties Of people, OF
the more Interesting sorts, a. there are In the
world.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has not entertained 10 New
York much NJ yet, but her evenings are expected
TO he Informal and on a moro or less original
plan.